Weddings

I would have to assume if you are reading this, you have read the latest chapter of Heart and Soul.  Click here to read Chapter 15.

I'm not sure if readers saw the title of the chapter, and thought, "Oh, Emory and Don are getting married. Ah. No. It is Cooper and Laramie's wedding. Oh wait, it is Emory and Don." If it all bopped around in a bit of surprise, well, dandy.

Of interest to me is that it is the third time I have written Cooper's wedding, but it has always been from various perspectives other than the grooms themselves.
Corey: A Bed, A Desk and My Unfortunate Soulmate, Chapter 4
Mitchell: Say Goodbye to Sparkleland, Chapter 29

Perhaps, one of these days I will write it again once more so that we can see it from Cooper's or Laramie's perspective. It would have fit in either of their books, but I found the endings to Books Five and Six to be where their arc reached a satisfying conclusion.

Overall, I tried to bring a natural progression to Emory's decision. None of my stories are ever about me. But a few of my experiences do make it into the text now and then. I was at a convention many, many years ago. A longtime friend in our industry asked if my partner and I were going to get married. We noted it wasn't really in our plans. He pushed for it for legal reasons, owing to a hospitalization that had occurred. Granted, this man was straight, but he wanted to make sure we wouldn't ever have to deal with a "family decision" situation. He urged us to make it legal. So, the seed was planted.

Hopefully, our lovable grump deciding to propose to Don seemed authentic. I didn't want to go off the rails in some showy spectacle. If you enjoyed it, then that pleases me.

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